The GUK lists the holdings of the Göttingen State and University Library (SUB Göttingen) and departmental libraries of the University of Göttingen. As a rule, book or journal articles are not included.

The GBV Union Catalogue (GVK) comprises the holdings of libraries in seven German federal states as well as of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. As a rule, all titles listed can be ordered via inter-library loan within Germany.

The GVK-PLUS catalogue comprises all titles listed in the GBV Union Catalogue (GVK) and in the article database Online Contents (OLC). As a rule, all titles listed in the GVK-PLUS catalogue can be ordered via inter-library loan within Germany. Please note that you are able to use the catalogue within the net of Göttingen University only.

freely accessible periodicals and series sorted alphabetically by title

150 workplaces, the majority equipped with internet access for notebooks

3 rooms for group work

1 seminar room

1 self-check terminal

12 PCs with access to the catalogue of the Göttingen State and University Library and other catalogues and databases, online periodicals, for online research and the CD-ROM service of the Göttingen State and University Library with several hundred specialist databases, and access to online journals

2 copiers (card- and coin-operated)

1 poster printer for formats up to A0

Monographs and textbooks can be taken out on loan.

Literature not available at the Göttingen State and University Library can be ordered by way of inter-library loan or document delivery services.

Göttingen State and University Library holds special subject collections in 'Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Research', and 'Geophysics' - maintained within the scope of the formerly Special Subject Collection Programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG). The Göttingen State and University Library offers the following subject-specific catalogues:

How to get to the Physics Divisional Library

By public transport

From the train station

The bus lines 21 (direction Nikolausberg), 23 (direction Faßberg), 41 (direction Weende-Ost) and - before 8:00 am - the line 22 (direction Nikolausberg) depart from the bus terminal at the train station and go to the stops "Tammannstraße" (lines 21, 22 and 23) and "Goldschmidtstraße" (line 41).

From the city centre

The bus line 22 (direction Nikolausberg) depart after 8:00 am from the stop"Jüdenstraße" and go to the stop"Tammannstraße". The bus line 41 (direction Weende-Ost) depart from the stops "Kornmarkt" and "Jüdenstraße" and go to the stop "Goldschmidtstraße".

Walk along Goldschmidtstraße and turn left into Tammannstraße. The Faculty of Physics is located in the first building on the left. The entrance leads directly to the library.The bus timetables can be found on the Göttinger Verkehrsbetriebe website (German user interface only).

By car

Take the A7 to exit Göttingen-Nord, and follow the Bundesstraße 27 (B 27) to the junction "Klinikum". Continue straight through the crossing onto "An der Lutter" (B 27). Turn right after the second pedestrian crossing in the direction "Klinikum", and turn immediately left in the direction "Universität-Nordbereich" (Robert-Koch Straße). Turn right at the next junction (Goldschmidtstraße), then take the next left (Tammannstraße).There you will find free parking facilities.The Faculty of Physics is located in the first building on the left. The entrance leads directly to the library.